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they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings. kids of their own. >> today, picking up the pieces and trying to make sense of the completely senseless. good afternoon to you, everyone. i'm craig melvin. we'll have the latest on the massacre at sandy hook elementary school over the next hour as we continue to learn more about the tragedy. >> and they were hearing screaming out in the hall. and they were hearing more popping sounds, gunshot sounds. and the sounds over the loudspeaker. and they began to get upset. and i just kept reassuring them that they would be okay, that they were loved, that their mommies and daddies would be there soon, and that we had them, we had them. we would hold them tight.

>> a gut-wrenching account from a teacher who was in the school yesterday. new details about the victims in friday's tragic shooting in newtown, connecticut. names and information about precisely how the victims died. that information starting to emerge. nbc's michelle franzen is in newtown, connecticut. michelle, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, craig, of course those ages were released today, along with the names. we've got 6 and 7-year-olds, as well as the 6 adults who were dilled there. all of those adults, we are told, were family. and of course, you've been speaking about this last hour, of the heroism that many of those teachers showed in that classroom, in that school, and that, in fact, some people hear in this area are saying that that may have saved even more lives, as many lives that were lost. and those youngest ones, those littlest ones, where those lives were lost, many are mourning -- >> michelle,time going to interrupt you -- michelle, i'm

sorry, i don't mean to interrupt you, governor dan malloy, connecticut governor, speaking right now. let's listen in. >> indeed, the people of the world weep for the immeasurable losses suffered by the families and loved ones of these victims. though we could all try, when something as senseless as this occurs, there's precious little anyone can say to the families that will lessen the horror and the sense of loss they feel. we could say we feel their pain, but the truth is, we can't. when tragedies like this take place, people often look for answers, an explanation of how this could have happened. but the sad truth is, there are no answers. no good ones, anyway. we have all seen tragedies like this play out in other states and in other countries. each time we have wondered how something so horrific could occur, and we have thanked god that it didn't happen here in

our connecticut. but now, sadly, it has. and so what can we do? as was no doubt the case last night, we can hug someone we love a little tighter. as has been happening since yesterday, we can show and share with each other the grief we feel for the children and adults who were killed and for their families and their loved ones. we can speak about what's really important and what can wait for another day. there will be times, soon, for a discussion of public policy issues, surrounding yesterday's events. but what's important right now is love, courage, and compassion. love, as it has poured in from around the world. courage, as it was demonstrated by the teachers and other adults in the school building, whose actions, no doubt, saved lives. courage on display as it always is, by our first responders.

compassion, as shown by people from around connecticut, who have arrived in newtown, wanting only to help. too often, we focus on what divides us as a people, instead of what binds us as human beings. what we saw yesterday were those bonds, that sense of community. in the coming days, we will relay on that which we have been taught and that which we inherently believe. that we have faith for a reason, and that faith is god's gift to us all. those educators and those innocent little boys and girls were taken from their families, far too soon. let us all hope and pray those children are now in a place where that innocence will forever be protected. may god bless you and may god bless those 27 people. may god bless their families and friends. and may the pain their loved ones feel be some day absorbed

by the love of all mankind. >> connecticut governor dan malloy there, speaking to us from the capitol, we are told. thanking the first responders, thanking the teachers and staffers who were inside that school yesterday. again, we are starting to hear some of the stories of heroism emerge. we're told that a number of adults jumped in front of the gunman to try to save some children. we are told that this is a situation that had it not been for actions like them, would have been far worse. the governor there, also thanking the well wishers. he says he's heard from folks all over the world, and calling on people of faith to pray and also saying that this is not the time to talk about policy decisions and legislation. but saying that that time will come again. connecticut governor dan malloy there, speaking. michelle franzen, who is standing by for us in newtown, connecticut.

and michelle, am i understand that the governor also spent some time there in that community as well today? >> reporter: he did, he's been there most of the day, of course, comforting words for the entire state of connecticut and reaching out beyond the state as well. but he has spent a significant time around this area today, going from prayers to prayer vigils to visiting other areas of this community, i'm sure. and maybe even visiting with some of the family members. of course, we know that that's exactly where he was yesterday, meeting with those family members when they had learned of these tragic events in those hours afterwards. so it's a time for, in his words, to rally around this community and also move forward with the healing process. we've talked about how those names have been released, some more details coming out. not only about the awful violent events that happened inside that classroom, but the heroism, the acts that these teachers took, without even thinking twice, of just caring for their students

in that classroom, that we're also hearing details of that emerging. and we've gotten a sense, throughout this community, as we spend time here, just how resilient they are, already. how they've come together. there are several churches throughout this community, but it's also just on the sidewalks and in the delis and in the diners in this area, and the sense of community, of how they are determined to come together, to help each other. we've spoken with several families today, who have told us that they felt it was important to come out, to show support within their community, and let each other know that they're there, even though they are individually going through some pain. they feel that, collectively, they can move through this in a much better fashion and be stronger. >> michelle franzen from newtown, connecticut, with the very latest on the families, the survivors, and the victims there. michelle, thank you so much. i want to turn now to our national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff, for the very latest on the

investigation right now. he is in front of the home of the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza. mike, do we know anymore at this hour? anymore now than we did two hours, three hours ago? >> reporter: well, we do. we expect to know a bit more in just about an hour or so, because we've just learned that relatives of the lanza family in new hampshire are about to hold a news conference there. now, adam lanza's late mom, nancy lanza, owned a house in new hampshire. we were told she often talked about going there. she maintained the property and relatives of her there, who have apparently been in contact with her, had been in contact with her, are about to tell us what light they can shed on this. so we'll just have to wait and see what they say. but we've learned quite a bit more about the lanza family

today. we know that the -- we talked to a friend of nancy lanza's, who talked about how she was an avid gun collector, an enthusiast, even had a passion for guns. used to go to local shooting ranges and even take her two children there, ryan, who's now 24, and adam lanza. so -- and we also know, of course, that the guns that adam lanza used to shoot those children, were registered to the mother. we know that adam lanza, on tuesday, had tried to buy a semi-automatic rifle at a local dick's sporting good store. didn't want to go through the waiting period, so the sale never within the through. but he was able to use one of those rifles the that his mom had to both -- to kill those

kids. and the disclosure that he used a semi-automatic rifle to shoot those kids is one of the big, most important pieces of news that we've learned today. it's going to have a lot of political impact, because that is the kind of military-style assault weapon that president obama had once pledged to ban, to reinstate a ban on. >> the 2004 ban. >> and of course never went through with that pledge. >> mike, there's been a fair amount of confusion over the number of guns, the type of guns, where they were found, to whom they were registered. can you shed any light on that? >> well, we do, we have been told they were registered to the mother, not to him. and, you know, yesterday, we were being told that he used the handguns to shoot the children, and now, today, we've just learned within the last hour or so, that, in fact, it was the

semi-automatic rifle that was used to kill those kids. so that's, you know, an additionally horrifying aspect of this whole tragedy. one more piece of information we've picked up today is that federal agents have actually been visiting local gun ranges, trying to determine if adam lanza was practicing and planning for this attack, in the months before it took place. we spoke to the owner of one local shooting range who said, just last night, agents from the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms bureau had been to his shooting range, they wanted to go over records to see if there was any record that adam lanza had been there, or whether he used the name of his brother, ryan lanza. they didn't find any records at this particular shooting range, of that, but apparently, what they were looking for was some evidence that he maybe was practicing for this attack and planning it prior to when it

took place. >> the more we learn, the more disturbing this entire story becomes. our national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff. mike, as always, thanks for your work, sir. joining me now on the telephone, rick green, editor of "the hartford courant" in county. he's on the phone there. rick, you there? >> yes, i'm here. >> rick, see if you can help me here. one of the big questions that's emerged this afternoon is the connection or relationship between nancy lanza, the shooter's mother, who was killed in her home, the connection between her and the school, where all of these kids were killed. can you shed any light on the connection? >> i think that's the thing that a lot of my reporters are really struggling with here. it's not clear at all, what the connection is. the police are saying that she didn't work there, she had no connection. officially, the police are saying that he, the son, the alleged killer had no connection to the school. what we do know is that he went into the school and immediately

started shooting people. there was no hesitation. immediately went into the classrooms and started shooting kids. >> i know what connecticut is like, because i live in west port, not far from newtown. but for folks who are not familiar with our state, tell me a little bit about newtown. what's that particular community like? >> newtown is a bedroom community. very rural. one of the largest geographic areas in the state. roughly 30,000 residents. this is an affluent community. people who work in fairfield county, even new york city, hartford. it's a nice town, nice old churches. it's a place people go for the good schools, where there's still a rural feel. very nice town. >> 27,000 people live there, roughly. i would imagine that because it is so small, this is one of those incidents where, literally, everyone in the town

knows someone who has been affected directly, if they, themselves, have not been affected directly, no? >> i think you're right. and you can go even beyond that. because connecticut is a relatively small state, 3 million people. i think there's going to be a real feeling here of before sandy hook and after sandy hook. when you have a situation where two classrooms of children are mowed down like this, everything changes. >> rick, stand by for me. i want to bring in someone else right now, aaron boyd of the local patch.com website. aaron, good to see you. thanks for joining me right now. let's pick up where rick left off there. tell me a little bit about the town and what it's like right now. how are they coping with all of this? >> sure. well, you know, it is a very small town, that has certainly never seen a news story like this. it's a very somber mood in town. people are just trying to find a way to understand, as facts are

slowly coming forward. but really, it's just an air of uncomprehension. and the sandy hook area, specifically, which has just had a flood of news crews coming in and has never seen this kind of attention. it's a shock all around for the people. >> have you been able to find out any more about the shooter, adam lanza? >> you know, we haven't. we've been talking with people and at this time, though, we really don't know much more than most people do. it's still quite a question. >> all right. aaron boyd there, patch.com. aaron, thank you so much. rick green, editor of "the hartford courant," thanks to both of you. i do appreciate your insight there. we are learning a little bit more, not a lot, but a little bit more about the gunman behind this tragic shooting. his name is adam lanza. his aunt has a message for the families of the victims. >> it shocked us all, right to the core. i mean nothing -- i even said to

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as a country, we have been through this too many times. whether it's an elementary school in newtown or a shopping mall in oregon or a temple in wisconsin or a movie theater in auro aurora or a street corner in chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our children. >> we're going to bring lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for "the chicago sun-times," goldie taylor, an msnbc contributor and also managing editor of the goldie taylor project. ladies, thanks for joining me. >> sure. >> in her new article on msnbc.com, goldie talks about a very personal experience with the impact of gun violence. both her father and her brother killed by firearms. she writes, in part, that after

their deaths, owning a gun made her feel secure, but now it's time to give it up. ge goldie, let me start with you. you're a gun owner. >> sure. >> what has all of this done for you and done to you? >> well, there were a couple of things. i came to this world in a gun household. my mother owned a gun, my father had guns. so they were just a part of our life. my stepfather was a police detective. so guns were a part of our life. and they were a part of what we thought were our security. i joined the marine corps, got marine gun training. >> sure. >> and i've had a gun ever since. because i thought, i've got small children, i am single, if someone were to come into this house on me, i need something to defend myself with. but when you really stand back and take a look at the statistics, private gun owners like me are more likely to, one, hurt themselves, or one of their

significant family members than anyone else. and the lion's share, the lion's share of homicide deaths are to people you know and not a stranger trying to break into your house. so i have children, they are in their 20s, and it would be devastating to me to know that one of them got to my weapon and hurt themselves or someone else or took it outside of the house. and so i would just, at this point, i would just rather not have it. >> so you got rid of the gun? >> i am in new york today. i will be home in atlanta tomorrow and i will turn it into a friend who is an fbi field agent in atlanta on monday morning. >> this situation has helped motivate you too. lynn sweet, let me bring you in here. gun control advocates held a vigil outside the white house yesterday. there's a petition on the internet, that at last check had garnered some 30,000, 40,000 signatures, calling on the

president to do something for gun control. in terms of political pressure on the president, political pressure on congress, do we suspect that this time, it will be sustained pressure, or do we suspect that this will be just like aurora, just like tucson, arizona, where the pressure is mounted for a while, but then after a few days or after a few weeks, we all stop talking about it? >> well, i wish i could be a lot more optimistic about this being different. i've heard talk on msnbc today. you know, is this the tipping point? the only reason i think this may be different is now that we know, just from the most recent press conference and the medical examiner, that an assault weapon was used, which meant that more people were killed because of the spray of bullets. maybe this would go to reinstate a ban, a federal ban that had existed. otherwise, i've been covering this since columbine, since aurora, since northern illinois university. since the sikh temple. since gun violence in chicago

all time. still, congress does not act. and if congressman gabby giffords getting shot in the head does not get congress to act, one doesn't know what will. so i'm not particularly optimistic, except that obama, who has not had a record of taking gun violence issues and making it a priority, said he did want some kind of meaningful action yesterday. now we'll see what he means and what he's actually going to do. >> we'll see what meaningful action means. >> goldie, let me come back to you. we've talked a little bit today about, obviously, the gun control aspect of this. we've talked a little bit about the mental health aspect of this. we haven't spent a lot of time talking about the culture that exists in this country. we glamorize guns. >> we do. >> we love guns. and it's not just that we have 300 million of them in this country, our video games, our movies, our songs. is it deeper than just access to guns? i mean, is there something in our psyche that's contributing to all of this?

>> it is deeper than that. if you look at some of the cdc studies and national institutes of health, where you see persistent and pervasive poverty, where you see breakdowns in parenting, you see a lack of hope which drives people towards more violence. so you see a concentration of violences in places like atlanta, chicago, and los angeles. but you also see, and you can't remove the agency from a person and say, guns don't kill people, people do. you know, both do. and access does kill people. we have got to take responsibility here. we've got to take responsibility that we have not cracked down enough on cheep illegal handguns that are killing children in the street every day. we've got to take responsibility for this 223 bushmaster assault rifle that was on the street when we could have an assault weapons wan today that would sunset it in 2004 and should have been renewed every year since. so we've got some responsibility here, just because it isn't happening in our house or in our

neighborhood, just because we think we can contain it, you know, we get upset when we see a shooting, a mass shooting, when the it could have been me syndrome kicks in. and that's what happened -- that's what's happening here. >> lynn, goldie raises a good point. anytime we have one of these mass shootings, whether it's here or aurora, we talk about gun control. you live in chicago, illinois, where there is a kid that looks like me, that gets shot in chicago, every day. literally every day. it's bizarre to me that we rarely talk about those types of shootings, because, oh, it's connected to drugs, or, oh, it's connected to gangs. but it would seem to be a little more than that. >> well, and actually, in chicago, we cover those stories extensively. and what's been a pressure point with mayor rahm emanuel, who's a gun control advocate, but still has not been able to stop the violence in chicago. i found it quite interesting

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i'm craig melvin. here's what we know about the tragic shootings at sandy hook, elementary school in newtown, connecticut, yesterday. officials have now released the names of the victims. 8 boys, 12 girls, the 6 adults, all women. all of the deaths have been classified as homicides. the victims were shot at close range. the shooter used a rifle that the medical examiner described all of the injuries as devastating. investigators, meanwhile, still trying to figure out why adam lanza opened fire at the school, killing 26 people. again, eight of them -- killing 28 people. authorities also say that he killed his mother, nancy lanza, before heading into the school. police also questioned adam's

older brother, ryan, in hoboken yesterday. at first, officials believed that ryan was the shooter, because his brother was carrying his i.d. officials at this point do not believe that he was in any way involved in the shooting. family members of adam lanza, meanwhile, are expected to speak shortly. memorial services and vigils are being held at churches and other places of worship in that town today. last night, thousands packed services at two separate churches. monsignor robert weiss said six or seven of the students killed were parishioners of his. the abject horror of what happened to those children in that first grade classroom at sandy hook elementary school yesterday morning is for most parents beyond rational thought, beyond imagination. for teachers trapped inside with those kids, the terror seemed to go on forever. and for those surviving, now suffering a loss or being held as heroes, the grief and trauma

is an open wound. the question now is, how do they recover? joining me now to answer that question, psychologist dr. lisa van susteren. dr. susteren, good saturday afternoon to you. there are reports from "the new york times," from "the washington post," that the shooter, adam lanza, may have had some form of asperger's syndrome or autism, we are told, that he may have had some form of a personality disorder. how will that play into the long-term profile of him? >> i think it's kind of a red herring for us to be focusing too much on what the exact diagnosis is. because, frankly, what does it really matter? we know this individual is a very sick, deranged man. and, so, while we can attempt to understand this better, in order to prevent an additional massacre like this, i really think the best thing for us to do, craig, is to kind of go a little bit upstream, and look at why this is happening so much. we know these people are doing this. we know this is not the last

time that we're going to be here. >> is it -- go ahead. go ahead. here's what i was going to ask you. is it simply access to mental health care, or is it more than that? >> it is more than that. and you're asking excellent questions. obviously, it's access to guns. but it is not just access to mental health care, but who assures that people like him actually get it? and here's why we're seeing these events now. a number of decades ago, we closed down mental institutions. those people who remain sick, some of them, ended up on the street, either as homeless, and some of them ended up in our jails and prisons. some of them, now, are in this sort of gray zone, where they're not sick enough to get in trouble with the law, and they're not sick enough to be instituti institutionalized, but their family knows that there's something really wrong with them, and i can't tell you, i've been doing this for 25 years, how many families are terrified

that their kids could do something like this, and they don't know whom to call or what to do. >> and the point you just raised there is what we've heard from a number of folks. when you are a child and you have some sort of mental issue, you can be compelled to take medications. you can be compelled to get certain types of treatment. when you are an adult, what can be done? >> precisely, precisely the issue. you've put your finger on it. absolutely. and oftentimes, the sicker the people are, the less likely they are to recognize, have the insight to realize they need help. so here's what has been passed in new york state, for example. it's called kendra's law. and ironically, also in arizona, although it was never enforced. and that is what we call outpatient commitment. where a person is evaluated and if he is or she is deemed needing treatment in order to protect himself or others from any type of violence or other

kinds of actions, then we can force that, the judge gives a court order, forcing that person to get treatment. either medication or therapy, and if the person doesn't go along with that court-ordered injunction, we can put them into temporary custody, in a hospital, until they comply. and there you have attention to a person who could unravel, but you get them before he unravels. >> lisa van susteren, thank you so much. talking about some solutions on this saturday afternoon. thank you, lisa. do appreciate your time. i want to bring in clint van zandt, msnbc analyst, former fbi profiler, and also criminologist jim fox. clint, i want to ask you a question i forget to mention earlier, and forgive me if it sounds callous. but here's a guy who killed his mother and killed 20 kids as well. then he kills himself. why didn't he just off himself?

>> well, you know, that's the question we ask many times. why don't you just go park in a car someplace and eat your gun and be done with it? but, you know, depending on the individual, and again, please know that i would never try to lump every one of these shooters together, because that's the wonderful thing about being a human being, is that we're all different. and yet we have some similarities and sometimes we get these copy cats too. in this case, you know, obviously, he killed his mother first, and we're told he shot his mother in the face. there's something very symbolic about, number one, matricide, and number two, shooting a victim, shooting a woman in the face. what we don't have yet, craig, is that link. yesterday we thought we had it. we thought she was a first grade teacher and therefore, we could make the jump. we don't have that now. so other than distance, we don't know what the connection is between killing his mother and going down the street and going into that particular school and

confronting those authority figures there, and then methodically, as you know, going into those two classrooms, with a 223 assault rifle, and as the medical examiner tells us, putting three to seven rounds in each children, probably at a distance from me to the camera, that i'm talking to right now. those are the answers we don't have yet. those are the answers, hopefully, the law enforcement investigation, pulling down information from social media, any writings he may have had, and any counseling he may have undergone, and talking to family members. all of that is going to give us the why. the challenge is, as your last guest suggested, how do we stop it from happening again? >> let me respond in two ways. if it was something you asked, and something that your guest said, that clint said. why didn't he just kill himself? well, the difference between someone who commits suicide and someone who commits mass murder

and then suicide, is the latter externalizes blame. they see the world as the issue. they see other people as being responsible for their misery. not themselves. so before they take their own lives, and typically they are planning that, they want to make sure that they get some revenge, get even. now, why the school? now, we may find a connection. but even if we don't, we know that mass murderers are very deliberate and selective in where they target. in terms of a school, they know they can hurt society where it will hurt the most, by killing our most cherished memories. so it may just be a way to attack society in the most severe way. >> clint van zandt, former fbi profiler, james fox, criminologist. sthou thanks so much for your insight, gentleman. we appreciate you. it's hard to believe, but this shooting could have been even worse, would probably have been a lot worse, had it not been for the actions of some teachers at

sandy hook yesterday who did everything they could to protect their youngster. we'll look at the heroes emerge from this tragedy, next. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

the principal of the school was running toward the shooter in order to protect her students. as was the school psychologist. one of the teachers helped people get out of a window. incredible things that people did. i got a message that one of the teachers had pushed students into the kiln room and was locked in the kiln room and remained there until the police let them out. so the teachers were really, really focused on saving their

students. >> that was newtown school superintendent, janet robinson there, talking about the acts of heroism that saved many lives. but, unfortunately, not all of them. a lot of folks are talking about heroism inside sandy hook yesterday. the principal, the school therapist. more on that now from nbc's erica hill. >> reporter: this connecticut town, still largely in shock. the sights and sounds of friday's tragedy, overwhelming. moments in time, capturing the grief, fear, and loss. >> i say there are 20 brighter stars in the heaven. >> reporter: a town and a nation in mourning for the 26 killed, 20 of them children. but there is also appreciation for the heroes, the teachers and staff at sandy hook elementary who helped protect so many. >> we're a pretty small town. >> we yaushl don't get this kind of stuff. >> reporter: there is still much to learn about the lives cut tragically short. among the victims, the school's principal, dawn hochsprung. >> we came here for the schools,

they're blue ribbon schools. this is something that just does not happen. >> reporter: a mother and stepmother to five girls, hochsprung reportedly ran toward the gunfire, along with the school psychologist. they never returned. >> how do you recover from something as horrible as this? how do you help a child have to walk into the front door of that school, you know, the next day that they have class and not see their principal. >> reporter: the 47-year-old took over as principal in 2010. she was described as energetic, engaged and dedicated. her twitter page boasting photos of winter concerts and book drives, reflecting on how proud she was of her school and her students. earlier this year, a back-to-schoolyear, a back to school tweet that for many now has new meaning. welcoming our kinders this morning. 74 new opportunities to inspire life-long learning. >> erica hill reporting there. today, a heartbreaking list released to the public. the names of the 26 people killed inside that elementary

school yesterday, including the 20 children taken from this world far too soon. we will remember them on the other side of this break. ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. vicks dayquil -- powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. ♪ vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪

>> but what's important right now is love, courage and compassion. love as it has poured in from around the world. courage as it was demonstrated by teachers and other adults in the school building whose actions no doubt saved lives. courage on display -- >> i'm craig melvin that was connecticut governor dan malloy a short time ago. authorities have released the names of all 26 victims at the sandy hook elementary school. six of them were teachers.

all six were women. rachel davino, 29 years old. dawn hochsprung, the school principal, she was 47 years old. anne marie murphy, 52 years old. lauren russeau, she was just 30. mary sherlach, the school psychologist, 56. victor victoria soto, she was 27. the 20 kids were all ages 6 or 7. there were eight boys killed, 12 girls killed. charlotte bacon was just 6 years old. daniel barden was 7 years old. olivia engel also 6. there was josephine gay, she just turned 7. she had a birthday on tuesday, we're told. dylan hockley, 6 years old. catherine hubbard, also 6. madeleine hsu, 6 years old.

chase ckowalski, jesse lewis, 6. grace mcdonnell, she was 7. ana marquez-green, she was 6. emilie parker, 6, jack pinto, 6, noah pozner, 6. caroline previdi, she was 6. jessica rekos, also 6, avielle richman, 6. benjamin wheeler, also 6. allison wyatt, another 6-year-old. those are the 26 folks killed in that school yesterday. we would like to send our condolences to the families and to newtown, connecticut as well. that will do it for us here. join us tomorrow for more details from connecticut as more information comes to light. i'll be joined by former pennsylvania governor and former philadelphia mayor, ed rendell. we'll have the latest from the ground there in newtown. until then, keep it here for continuing coverage.

my colleague, jchris jansen wil be anchors live from newtown, connecticut next. you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today.